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April
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11
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Alumni Networking Night
Holland + Knight
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24
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Washington, D.C. Reception
National Press Club
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26
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Alumni @ BLS Music Night
Reception - Longwood Grill Concert - BLS
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26&27
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BLS Music Night
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May
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10-12
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Reunion Weekend
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12
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Golden Alumni Luncheon
The Stockyard Restaurant
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17-20
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BLS Musical: Fame
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June
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6
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BLSA/Red Sox Nation Tour: Oakland
McAfee Coliseum
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18
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Wolfpack Classic
Brae Burn Country Club
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July
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19
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Young Alumni Night at Fenway
Red Sox vs. White Sox
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22
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Volunteer Appreciation Day at Fenway
Red Sox vs. White Sox
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August
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12
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BLSA/Red Sox Nation Tour: Baltimore
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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November
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20
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Alumni Dinner
The Boston Park Plaza
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24
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Young Alumni Reunions
1992, 1997 and 2002
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Visit www.blsa.org for more details and up-to-date listings.
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FORE CHARITY
For many, spring means a return to the links and Latin School alumni are no exception. A number of alumni are picking up the clubs for good causes this year and helping to organize a variety of charity tournaments in and around Boston.
What better way to support BLS students and athletic programs and to see old friends than the third annual Wolfpack Classic Golf Tournament. The 2007 Classic will be held on Monday, June 18, at the historic Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton beginning at 12 noon. Last year the tournament raised more than $30,000 to benefit BLS athletics, and this year the committee hopes to be even more successful. The 2007 Wolfpack Classic includes a box lunch, 18 holes of golf and a full buffet dinner highlighted by a live auction. Foursomes are priced at $1,000 while individual tickets are $275. For 2007, the Classic will also include a special online pre-tournament auction with some remarkable offerings - click here to visit the website for more information or to register. If you would like to help out the Latin student athletes, please consider donating a unique auction item (Red Sox/Patriot tickets, vacation homes for weekends, etc.), sponsoring a portion of the event or even just playing on this wonderful course,
please e-mail Bruce McKinnon '74 or call (617) 838-4902 to get involved.
This year's Dick Gillooly Memorial Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, May 25, at the George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park. It will support a new scholarship that has been established at BLS in memory of Richard J. "Dick" Gillooly '68. The scholarship will be awarded annually with preference given to graduating members of the BLS golf team. Organizers of the tournament include Tom Faletra '68, David McDonnell '68 and Jim Gillooly '69. Players, sponsors and donors from the BLS community are most welcome. Please e-mail Jim Gillooly or call (617) 361-2594 for further information.
REUNION 2007: LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER!
Reunion Weekend 2007 is just weeks away and you can see which old friends are already registered by clicking here and selecting the purple "Display Who is Coming" link. You can sort the list alphabetically or by class. If you haven't already made your travel plans, remember that the Boston Park Plaza Hotel room block is good only until April 10 and the number of rooms is limited. You can call the hotel directly at (617) 426-2000.
ANNUAL FUND GIFTS/THANK-A-THONS
BLS students are reaching out to alumni who have previously supported the school through a Thank-a-thon at BLSA to let them know how their Annual Fund gifts have impacted the Latin School experience. Have you received a call yet? This is a wonderful opportunity for current students to connect directly with alumni. If you would like to receive a thank you call, click here to make your Annual Fund gift today.
NETWORKING NIGHT
Looking to connect with others working in real estate, government, finance or high tech? Want to move yourself up that corporate ladder? Then plan to attend BLSA's second annual Alumni Networking Night, hosted once again by Holland + Knight at 10 Saint James Ave. in Boston. This year's event will offer the opportunity to network with alumni of all ages, meet potential employers, access current job postings and hear from a distinguished panel of alumni including James Rooney '75 (Massachusetts Convention Center Authority), Charlie Maneikis '76 (Cornu Management), Sean Keohane '85 (Cabot Corp.) and Charmane Higgins '87 (Boston STRIVE). The cost is just $15 per person or $10 for young alumni (1992 to 2006) and includes a reception. Register early, as space is limited, and check back often for updates to the list of speakers and recruiters. Pre-registration is required to obtain entry to 10 Saint James Ave. Click here to register now.
A CAPITOL RECEPTION
Head Master Cornelia A. Kelley H'44 will make her final official visit to Washington, D.C. on the same site frequented by every president since Theodore Roosevelt, a club that's played host to "kings and queens, prime ministers, premiers, senators, congressmen, cabinet officials, ambassadors, scholars, entertainers, business leaders, and athletes," when the Washington, D.C. Chapter gathers at the National Press Club on Tuesday, April 24, for its annual Alumni Reception. BLSA President David S. Weiner '59 will kick things off in the NPC's Holeman Lounge with an update from the Association. Tickets are just $40 per person (or $35 for young alumni in classes 1992 through 2006) and are available by clicking here.
RECOGNIZING A SPECIAL LEGACY
The members of the Class of 1987 Reunion Committee continue to strive toward their goal of creating an endowment in honor of their class president and friend Julius E. Babbitt '87, a former BLSA Trustee, who succumbed to cancer last April. The committee intends to establish a fund that will honor the memory of this special individual who was also the first African-American to be elected class president in BLS history. It will seek to recognize those BLS students who share Julius' dedication to Alma Mater, tireless community and public service and his ability to inspire others to make the world a better place. Those wishing to assist in this worthy effort should mail contributions to BLSA and note "Julius E. Babbitt Fund" with their gift. For more information, please e-mail Reunion Chair Lou Izzi '87.
ON WITH THE SHOW
Alumni and their families have a special opportunity to take part in one of BLS' most beloved traditions. Music Night - the annual showcase of instrumental and vocal performances - is a perennial sell-out, but BLSA has arranged for special alumni seating and a pre-concert reception at the Longwood Grill on Thursday, April 26. Tickets are just $20 ($10 for students and children.) Click here for tickets, and more information, or here for musical clips from last year's performances.
GOLDEN ALUMNI DO LUNCH
The annual Golden Alumni Luncheon moves back to the city this year, when BLSA President David S. Weiner '59 and Head Master Cornelia A. Kelley H'44 host alumni from the classes 1951 and previous at the Stockyard in Brighton Center on Saturday, May 12. Cocktails begin at 11:30 a.m., with lunch served at 12 noon. Tickets are just $25 each and are available by clicking here.
BLS MUSICAL
Fame may be in the future for some of Latin School's current thespians, too. You can decide for yourself when BLS presents its spring musical, "Fame," May 17 through 20. Watch our website for more information about tickets.
BE ONE WITH THE ONLINE COMMUNITY
We need your help in making the Online Community as dynamic and up to date as it can be! If you have already registered, thank you and please make sure that the contact information that we have for you is the most current. If you have not yet become a registered member, click here to join the Online Community by using your Unique ID: XXXX and simply follow the prompts on the page.
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SCHOOL NEWS
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Head Master Cornelia A. Kelley H'44 took part in a panel of educational leaders at the Cambridge College "Fresh Voices in Education - The New Massachusetts Leadership" forum in March. Head Master Kelley served as the Moderator as participants responded to keynote speaker Massachusetts' Special Adviser for Education and President of Bridgewater State College Dr. Dana Mohler-Faira's comments regarding the challenges and goals for education in Massachusetts.
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Boston Latin boasts 34 student athletes who were recognized as Dual County League All Stars.
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Kudos to BLS student musicians for making it through the first cut into the top 20 bands in the U.S. falling just shy, however, of the national finals in jazz at Lincoln Center High School Duke Ellington Contest. BLS junior piano player, Jake Sherman received a special citation for outstanding soloist. BLS Arts Program Director Paul Pitts '73 "was pretty excited since this is a national festival with bands from Washington, California and Texas including several performing arts high schools from all over the country."
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BLS Senior Class President Michael Baskin was spotted in several local newspapers recently front and center with Mayor Thomas Menino P'85 and Governor Deval Patrick. BLS had been chosen as the site for the first of several community meetings sponsored by the governor to be held throughout the state.
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The Second Annual Boston For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology Regional Robotics Competition took place March 24, at Boston University's Agganis Arena. A Boston Globe article declared it a "battle royale" that featured teams of high school students from throughout New England challenging "remote-controlled robots they had designed and built from scratch." The overall winner of the competition was an alliance made up of students from BLS, Brookline High School, Quincy High School and Clinton High School. The team includes BLS seniors: Daniel Deychman, Nathaniel Fahy, Anthony Gentilucci, Zachary Modest, William Pullen and Nathaniel Ren. They will compete in the national championship at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on April 12.
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Senior Chris Coombs, described by his guidance counselor in a recent Boston Globe article, as "a person with strong integrity and character" applied to both the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and was recently accepted by both. The Globe article noted that Chris "has earned excellent grades, particularly in economics and physics, and developed a devotion to discipline as he excelled on the swim team."
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ALUMNI NEWS
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James E. Guilford '28 continues to honor and represent Medal of Honor recipient, Private George Watson, the man whom he credits "saved my life and several fellow soldiers in combat when the Dutch freighter, SS Jacobus, we were aboard was bombed and was sunk" by Japanese Aircraft during the naval sea battle in Porlock Harbor in northern New Guinea on March 8, 1943. James has attended several celebrations in various parts of the United States to honor Private Watson, the first black solider to receive the Distinguished Service Cross during World War II and ultimately the Medal of Honor in 1997 posthumously, sharing his personal memories and excerpts from his book, "The George Watson Saga."
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The New Jersey Jewish News recently featured Rabbi Norman Patz '55, the religious leader of Temple Sholom of West Essex in Cedar Grove, NJ for the last 37 years, who will retire at the end of June to become rabbi emeritus.
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The Charles Sumner Elementary School in Roslindale will pay tribute to Michael G. Contompasis '57, superintendent of the Boston Public Schools, on Saturday, May 19, by presenting him with its Distinguished Alumni Award. "We are delighted to pay tribute to Mike Contompasis as part of our 75th anniversary celebration," said Sumner Principal Lourdes Santiago. "He is extremely well respected in this city as a gifted educator and leader who cares deeply about kids. We are very proud that, like many other remarkable men and women, he is a distinguished alumnus of the Sumner Elementary School." To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the Sumner School community is seeking to reconnect with former students and staff. For more information or to purchase tickets to the celebration, e-mail Ruth Bodian or call (857) 498-0877. If you are not able to attend, congratulatory messages in the event's program book are also welcomed.
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The March 16 issue of People Magazine featured Paul Dooley '81's company, MatchingDonors and an article about their patients and donors. Dr. Francis Delmonico, the immediate past-president of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), recommends the MatchingDonors organization saying, "I believe genuinely that those guys are trying to do good by patients."
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Andre Noble '96 was featured in the Philadelphia Daily News. He is praised as a successful athletic director/basketball coach although his primary job at Imhotep Charter High in Philadelphia is "dean of students (translation: disciplinarian)."
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Sara Colb '97, lead singer of the band The Jody Grind, recently performed on Fox 25's Morning News show. Click here to listen and see the performance.
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The Boston Herald reported that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino P'85 recently signed "Imette's Law" in memory of Imette Saint-Guillen '99 making it mandatory for nightclub and bar owners to conduct criminal background checks on their bouncers. In tribute to her, Mission Hill neighbors of the Saint-Guillen family have developed plans to establish Imette's Garden hoping it will be "a haven" in the city. As reported in the Boston Globe, the garden's theme will be the "River of Life." "I would like it to be a place for people to find a sense of tranquility and peace and hope," Alejandra Saint-Guillen '94, Imette's sister, said. "In a lot of ways, that's how she was."
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Sinéad Keegan '01 continues her journey around the world, making stops in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, all the while allowing us to experience it vicariously through her "BLSA Web Exclusive" online travel journal. Read about her most recent adventures in Argentina and Peru by clicking here.
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Singer/songwriter Melissa Li '01 co-wrote the book, "Surviving the Nian," and now provides the words and music for the musical's world-premier in Boston, April 14 through May 5, at the Boston Center for the Arts' Calderwood Pavilion in the South End. Melissa recently received a Jonathon Larson Performing Arts Foundation award for her work.
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Click here to submit news of your own.
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POINTS OF PRIDE CONTEST
It is much to our chagrin that the March question has proven to befuddle even the most stalwart BLS history buffs. We will post that question on the
Points of Pride Hall of Fame webpage for alumni to continue to ponder as we move forward with our contest.
The clocks have changed and the weather is becoming milder. We are happy to report, however, that the links have not yet distracted our resident BLS history guru as the April question comes to us, again, from Assistant Head Master Malcolm Flynn.
April question:
Identify the structure, financed by BLS alumnus John Hancock and friends, designed and built by Lemuel Cox that opened on June 17, 1786 and continued making money for its corporate owners until 1858.
BLS history buffs seeking a free T-shirt should send responses - including name and class year - magna cum celeritate
via e-mail. Note: Alumni may win only once during an academic year.
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